[kwlug-disc] Ontarians are getting digital ID this fall: All you need to know

[Raymond Chen]

Maybe it doesn’t want to be the single source of trust.

On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 16:16 Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 10:46:14AM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> >
> https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/ontarians-are-getting-digital-id-this-fall-all-you-need-to-know/458633
>
> From the article:
>
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> First, the holder requests a digital ID and goes through an ID proving
> process to establish their identity. Once the ID requirements are
> satisfied, the issuer will create a digital ID credential, issue it to
> the holder and publish the public cryptographic keys associated with
> that digital ID to the verifiable data registry, which uses
> distributed ledger technology, the provincial government explained.
>
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>
> Did you catch that? "distributed ledger technology"? For some reason
> our digital ID needs a blockchain even though the Ontario government
> is the single source of trust? Sigh.
>
> - Paul
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